WORKSHOPS DAY

Dear parents,

Today we woke up as usual at 8:00. Yesterday leaders told us a rule which says that we always have to speak in English when we are inside the campus. Today we had done a big effort, because we had stayed all the day inside the university.

We went class and we finished the newspaper we will present next Saturday. Yesterday, at night, a new leader called Gonzalo came from Madrid. This morning everybody met him. In the afternoon leaders prepared some workshops. Each monitor was in a different flat and there were six activities; one of painting, one of magic, building castles with cards and also one of talents.

At 5:00 we went to the sport centre. We played dodge ball. We were divided in six groups; crocodiles, lions, elephants, bears, eagles and penguins, who is the first position of the ranking.

Today we enjoyed a lot. This night after playing Bingo, we will have to charge energy for tomorrow because we will go to LONDON!

Bye! J

Carlota De Cabo and Jose Fernandez

VISITING BIRMINGHAM

Dear Parents,

Today we woke up at 8:00, but some people woke up at 7:00 because they went to run with Antonio, one of the leaders. We had breakfast in the canteen, and then we start the lessons. Today we had had only two hours of class, because we went to Birmingham. 

When we arrived, after taking the train, our leaders and teachers guide us to the most important places in the city; the canals, the BBC, where we could record and present our own weather in the TV, the library and the museum. After that, we went to the Mc Donald’s to have lunch.

In the afternoon, we divided in groups and we went shopping in the Bullring. Many people bought a lot of things; clothes, shoes, souvenirs… Later on, we returned to the campus and we had dinner.

That's all for today,

Hugs and kisses

Maria Villacorta and Pau Gonzalez

OUR FIRST DAY

Dear families,

This morning we woke up at 8:00, and at 8:30 we were in the canteen having breakfast. Today we have started the English lessons, which start at 9:15 until 12:45. We had two breaks at 10:15 and 11:30. After that, we had lunch, and then we did the last hour of class. The last lesson that we did started at 2:00 and finished at 3:00.

Immediately after, we went to the sports centre. There we could choose to play badminton, tennis, pin-pong, or going to the pool. Later on, we returned to BCU and we had half an hour for talking with our roommates, change our clothes… Then we had dinner, and after that we talked with our parents. Finally, we are writing the blog, while the other students are watching a TV program.

That’s all for the moment,

Hugs and kisses.

Ana Saludes and Abril Perez

LLEGADA A BIRMINGHAM

Apreciadas familias:

Bienvenidos al blog de Idiomas Padre Manyanet destinado a los cursillistas de BCU (residencia de Birmingham). La misión de este espacio es informarles de todas las actividades que realizan vuestros hijos. Diariamente, dos o tres alumnos redactarán un breve relato en inglés sobre las actividades realizadas durante el día, y éste será publicado en este blog. También podrán encontrar las fotografías que vamos haciendo a la izquierda en el enlace que pone “BCU fotos”.

La llegada a Birmingham ha ido muy bien. Una vez en la residencia, los chicos han deshecho las maletas y seguidamente hemos ido a cenar. Al finalizar, han realizado las pruebas de nivel con lo que, a partir de mañana, se iniciarán las clases.

Queremos recordarles que el horario de llamadas a los cursillistas es de 8:45 a 9:15 (hora española). Para ponerse en contacto con los estudiantes que no tengan teléfono móvil, o para cualquier consulta, recordamos que los teléfonos disponibles son:

Anna: 00547514093633

Monitores: 00547554956033

Os mostramos algunas de las fotografías de hoy; el vuelo, la cena, la prueba…

Muchas gracias

Los monitores

“Estudiar idiomas, una puerta al mundo”

Apreciadas familias,

Un año más, y ya son 50, que Idiomas Padre Manyanet hace su andadura. Desde esta ventana de los diferentes blogs, quisiera que mi saludo personal de bienvenida llegara a cada uno de vuestros hogares y a cada uno de los estudiantes que en este 50 Aniversario de nuestra Organización, participan en nuestros Cursos de Idiomas. 

Deseo que el aprovechamiento de este tiempo sea el máximo posible y que la información que, para vosotros los padres, os damos desde cada uno de los blogs, sirva para que tengáis con detalle las actividades que realizan vuestros hijos e hijas, y que también sean un vehículo directo de comunicación.

¡Feliz y provechosa estancia!

¡Hasta la vuelta!

P. Antonio Sorribes

Director

¡Feliz verano en familia!

Finalizada ya la estancia de todos los grupos, deseo que se hayan cumplido los objetivos que nos marcamos año tras año, no olvidando que el esfuerzo y la constancia son irrenunciables para que se haga realidad el que "saber idiomas es la puerta que te abre al mundo".

Agradezco, una vez más, la confianza que han puesto en Idiomas Padre Manyanet y les deseo que pasen un ¡Feliz verano en familia!

Hasta siempre,

P. Antonio Sorribes s.f.

Links útiles (Fotos + Videos + 20 pautas)

Hola chicos y familias,

Os adjunto un conjunto de links que os pueden ser útiles, para que tengáis siempre una referencia desde donde buscarlos y os sea más fácil encontrarlo todo, tanto las fotos, como los videos, como las 20 pautas que comentamos un día de reflexión:

Album de fotos - Parte 1

Album de fotos - Parte 2

Videos del Talent Show

Cortometrajes

Todos los videos de BCU

20 pautas para que tu vida se llene de triunfos

Disfrutadlos

LAST DAY

Today is the last day of our summer camp. The guys have been having a lot of fun, and we love seeing smiles in their faces, with also some tears because we are reaching the end.

Classes today were special, because they had a little party and a little gymkhana made by the teachers. Then, we had lunch. Meanwhile, the leaders were finishing all the staff needed for the festival, the dinner and the disco.

Once had lunch, we had the festival, in which each group of classes made a different show as a play, singing a song, sock pupets and similar. They had a lot of fun, and they could show the English learned during these weeks.

Afterwards, we went to the rooms to finish our baggage and changing our clothes for the disco.

Now, we are about to have dinner, in special tables, and finally we will go to the disco, with a photocall scenario drawn by the guys.

We hope they enjoyed a lot the summer camp and they will return next year.

The leaders.

ROLLER COASTER'S DAY

Hello everybody,

We are at the end of the BCU camp, and we are very sad because there are only two days left. We have had a really good time during these eighteen days. We think that today is the best day in all the camp because we went to Alton Towers. 

We woke up a bit earlier than usually because we had to take the coach. During the trip we were very excited and we wanted to arrive as soon as possible. After one hour and a half, we arrived to Alton Towers. There, we split up in different groups, as we wanted, and we met with the leaders at half past one or two o'clock to have lunch. Some of the roller coaster we rode were: The smiler, Air, Nemesis, Rita and some more. We had a really good time there and we enjoyed a lot.

At six o'clock we returned to Birmingham. In the coach, most of us slept a little bit because we were exhausted. After dinner, we are now writing the blog and then we will watch "The Wizards of Waverly place". After that, we will have our last kitchen.

It was a very intense day and we want to repeat it.

Meritxel S., Ana Despides and Abril P.

OSCARS' AWARDS

Hello family,

Today, after breakfast, we finished our class books. It is our last formal day because tomorrow we will go to Alton Towers and on Friday we will prepare the festival. In Jamie's class we started with our workbook and then, we practised the festival. After the break, we did the final test for our marks. We think that it was a little bit easy but and we did very well.

Today, we had lunch later because of we finished later the classes, so we hadn't time to have class after lunch. More or less at three o'clock, we took the train to go to the centre of Birmingham like Sunday. We went to the Bullring as as three days ago but in contrast to Sunday we had two hours to go shopping.

When the time had finished, we went back to the residence with all the bags, and the we went to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and then we will watch the short films that we recorded yesterday. After that, we will have the oscars' awards and then we will go to our kitchen with our mates and leaders.

We enjoyed a lot this day because we bought a lot of things to our family and we will watch our own creations. We are having a good time but it is finishing.

Ainoa and Anna B.

SHORT FILM'S DAY

Today we woke up at the same time as every day and after that we went to have breakfast. Then we went to our classes. As we are getting closer to the Festival day, Mai's class practised the play that we are going to do, in which we are having a lot of fun.

After having lunch,we had English lessons again and when we finished we went to the sports center to take a photo with some of the people of the summer camp doing the shape of the number fifty, because next year "Idiomas Pare Manyanet" is going to celebrate its 50 years.

After that, we joined our mates and, while some groups were recording their short film, the others were playing "the lucky rabbit". In sport time, we didn't practised an olympic sport, but it was a big surprise, because we danced. We could choose between aerobic and hip hop with our leaders Edu and Maria respectively.

Afterwards, we went to have dinner, and now we are watching "The Wizards of Waverly Place" whereas some people is still recording their short film. 

We enjoyed a lot this day and we had so much fun with all the group.

Juanjo N, Álvaro N and Joan V.

SPORTS COMPETITION

Hello parents and children,

Today, we woke up a bit tired because we have been waking up early a lot of days. After breakfast, we continued with our English lessons. For lunch, we had a food better than other days, so we ate a lot. When we finished lunch, we returned to the classes but in the groups of workshops.

At four o'clock, we were in the sport centre to play the sport we chose a few days ago. We were split up in three groups: badminton, tennis/table tennis and swimming pool. We had a really good time playing and trying to win the matches or the races. We were surprise when one of our teachers came with us to the sport centre.

Before dinner, we had some time to have shower and having good time with our friends. Now, we are writing the blog and in a few moments we will finish the film "Iron man 3". We have had a really great time with our friends and leaders today.

Inés C, Laura A and Clara B.

The musketeers

PS: A video of the Oral Presentations done by the kids had been uploaded to youtube

 

BIRMINGHAM VISIT

Today, we woke up later than usually and we had breakfast with our flat's mates and our leader in the kitchen. When we finished, we went to Perry Barr station to take the train to go to the centre of Birmingham.

Once arrived, we went in groups to the mass in Saint Chad's cathedral. After the mass, we were in the same groups to visit the most important monuments and buildings of Birmingham like the Town Hall, Symphony Hall, The Mailbox or the canals. In the Mailbox, we had the chance to record a video of the weather news in BBC. To have lunch each group went to a different McDonald's.

After that, we went to the Bullring. It is a really big shopping centre.There, we used some helium balloons to make funny voices and we took some photos. After, we started to go shopping around all the Bullring. There were a lot of brands and we bought a lot.

Then, we went back to the residence by train and immediately we had dinner. Now, we are writing the blog and in a few moments we will go to watch a film called "Iron man 3". After the film, we will do the penalties and medals and we will go to the kitchen.

We enjoyed a lot this day and we bought a lot of things for our family and ourselves.

Laura G. and Inés P.

TALENT SHOW DAY

Today, we had an English breakfast. It is the second day that we have it in the camp and it is nice because we have variety. After, we went to classes to continue with our lessons. In Stephen’s class we worked with the workbook and after the break, we played some games and prepared the presentation for the afternoon.

After lunch, we went to the theatre to explain per classes something that we did this week. Later, we had some free time while some leaders were preparing the room to have a good Talent Show

.

We went to the dining room and we Talent Show started with a dance. Then all of us acted and finally the leaders danced also to finish. There were more dances, a body lifting, BCU gossips, a Harlem Shake and some magic tricks. We enjoyed a lot this afternoon.

After that, we came back to the theatre to see a magic show by our leader Gonzalo. When he finished, Patricia sang the song called “Someone like you”. Before going dinner, we saw some videos of some past activities like singstar videos or the dance machine.

Now, we are writing the blog and then we will see some Disney short film. After the medals, we will go to our kitchens with the leaders and mates. We had a really good time and we are enjoying a lot the camp.

Rafael G and Alejandro S.

INFORMACIÓN PARA LOS PADRES

Buenas tardes,

Esta tarde hemos recibido la noticia, via internet, que ha habido una explosión en Tipton, situado a 8 millas (13 km) de donde está ubicada la universidad.

Informarles que no hemos notado ninguna anomalía en la universidad y en la pista de patinaje en la que hemos estado, y de no ser por internet, no nos hubiese llegado dicha información.

Comentarles que todos estamos perfectamente, y que los chicos se lo están pasando de maravilla.

Un cordial saludo,

Los Monitores.

LAST SKATING DAY

Today, after waking up, we need to take our thick socks because on the afternoon we were going to the skating. So as we put them in the bag, we went to have breakfast. Then, we went to class where Holly's class prepared the festival while in Stephan's class we continued with the grammar book.

We had lunch with our teachers, and then we took the bus for going to the Solihull Skating. At first, we took our skates and we started skating normally, but suddenly the lights went down and disco lights appeared. We had a lot of fun skating in a disco area.

Then, we took the bus to come back to The Coppice in BCU, where we were divided in groups to do the Short Film. We finished the scripts and we practised our lines, as we needed to memorise them. Now we are watching a documentary about Pitbull and Train that we like a lot. Finally, we are going to do medals and blog and go to the kitchen to have spare time with our friends.

It was a nice day.

Elena A., Sofia A. and Lucía D.

VOLLEYBALL AND BASEBALL

We woke up at 8 o´clock as usual. After breakfast we went to classes to improve our English. We had a little test to know how much we have improved in these ten days. After the break time, some of us prepared the festival and other different things.

After lunch, we had workshops. Some of us started with Jamie doing "word search", and then we went to Nadja´s class to do a poster about something we like. The last workshop of our group was with Julie and we had to sing and make music. We have enjoyed a lot and the time passed so fast.

Then, we came back to the bedroom buildings to prepare the talent show for Saturday. After change our clothes we went to do some sport. Today we played volleyball and baseball. It was so funny and we had a really good time.

After the shower, we went to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and in a few moments we will start a quiz about some of the places we visited in these ten days. We have had a really good time sharing our time with our mates and with our leaders.

Pau G. and Beltran S.

STRATFORD-UPON-AVON

Today is a especial day because we went to Stratford-upon-Avon. After breakfast we took the coaches to the village where Shakespeare was born. When we arrived, we had a walk next to the river and we went to see his tomb inside a church. After that, we walked to the Shakespeare's house and then we had some free time to do some shopping. We took a lot of funny (and serious) photos in the church, in the house and in the Avon river.

For lunch, we took again the bus and we went to Star city and we were divided in two groups: one to eat in McDonald's and the other one to eat in KFC so good. After lunch, we played to Laser tag. It's a game like paintball bat with laser and you never die until the end of the game. We had a good time trying to get as more points as we could for our groups.

At seven o'clock we arrived to BCU to have dinner. Now we are writing the blog and watching a film called "Foot loose". We have had a really good different day and we enjoyed so much. When the film finish we will check the medals and then we will go to our kitchens with our leader. 

Maria T., Ariadna S. and Nuria M.

PHOTOS' SCAVENGER HUNT

Today, we woke up at eight o'clock like every day. We had breakfast and we went to classes to continue with our grammar lessons. After the break we came back to classes and we were there with our teacher and a leader.

After that, we went to have lunch and we returned to classes to prepare the festival of last day.

In the afternoon, we returned to the bedroom buildings to do the gymkhana photos' scavenger hunt. The gymkhana consisted in taking ten different photos but each photo had instructions of what it had to appear. Some of that instruction were: take a photo of a signed board, do a pyramid with people or take a photo with a leader. We had a really good time trying to take the photo as better as we could.

When the gymkhana has finished we went to one kitchen with a leader to prepare the Talent Show that is going to be placed on Saturday. Most of girls were practising different dances. And the boys were doing other things like magic tricks or tell jokes.

Once had dinner, we are now writing the blog and watching "The Wizards of Waverly Place". We have had a good day with our friends and leaders.

Jacobo Ch., Marcos M. and Javier B.

STILL SUN IN ENGLAND

Today, we got up as normal at eight o'clock. First we had breakfast and then we did class. In one class, we did masks related to the story "Jack's magic beans". In another class, we did some posters with the information of the place that we chose (culture, weather, food...). Then, we had a break and we could have fun with our friends, even we had speaking in English, because today, we started with two medals. Then, we returned to classes where we do the other activities.

When the class finished, we had lunch and then we continued with the workshops of our teachers and writing the short story. Later, we went to the Sports Centre where we went to the swimming pool, played badminton, table tennis and tennis.

When it was the time, we returned to BCU to have dinner. Now, we are watching Blue Water High, and we are going to do medals and read the blogs.

We had a really nice day.

Clara D., Carlota R and Raquel